Ili Setefano Taateo Tafili is a

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

n politician and '' matai''. He is a member of the Tautua Samoa Party. He was first elected to the

Legislative Assembly of Samoa The Legislative Assembly ( sm, Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa ( sm, Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan ...

at the

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, defeating Minister of Women's Affairs Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua to win the constituency of Aana Alofi No. 2, becoming one of only three Tautua MP's. In April 2020 he revealed that he was facing pressure from his constituents to switch his support to the

Human Rights Protection Party The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP, sm, Vaega Faaupufai e Puipuia Aia Tatau a Tagata) is a Samoan political party. It was founded in 1982 and dominated Samoan party politics for decades thereafter, leading every government until their defea ...

(HRPP). He ran as an independent in the April 2021 election and was defeated. A subsequent electoral petition saw him convicted of two counts of bribery.

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